To:L. B. KAMENEV

Written:Written November 10, 1912Published:First published in 1964 inCollected Works, Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 48.

      Sent from Cracow to Paris.

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      Progress Publishers,[1977],

      Moscow,Volume 43,

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Ihave just learned that the congress in Basle will take place,in
all probability, onNovember24.[2]For the resolutions committee we are
appointing one delegate (+one each from France, Germany, Austria and
Britain+Chairman Vandervelde,
			      4. Rue...[1]XIV. Bruxelles). Keep the address.

Itis possible that I shall not go and thatwe shall
appoint you. So begin to prepareat once: collectallthe manifestos against war, get the last issue ofNeue Zeit(No. 6, 8. XI) where Kautsky advances purely opportunistic arguments,
etc. ...[3]

Leaveon receiptof a wire(to be in Basle one or two days
before the congress opens, i.e., on 22 or 23. XI).

Putout the C.O. (8 pages)at once.

Writewhat and how much is left for the next issue (4 pages) which we
shall put outshortly. Malinovsky got in in Moscow Gubernia.

Salutset félicitations!Bien à vous,Vl. Lenin

[1]Manuscriptpartly damaged. Several words illegible.—Ed.

[2]Areference to theExtraordinary Socialist Congress of the Second
Internationalin Basle on November 24–25 (N. S.), 1912, called to
examine the question of struggle against the imminent danger of an
imperialist world war, which had been further heightened by the outbreak of
the first Balkan war. The congress was attended by 555 delegates. The C.C.,
R.S.D.L.P. sent six delegates.

Atits meeting on November 25 the Congress unanimously adopted a
manifesto against war.

Inthe event of an imperialist war, the manifesto recommended
socialists to make use of the economic and political crisis caused by the
war to fight for the socialist revolution.

Whenthe First World War broke out, the leaders of the Second
International ignored the Basle manifesto and sided with their imperialist
governments.

[3]Areference to Karl Kautsky’s article “Der Krieg und die
Internationale” (War and the International) inDie Neue ZeitNo. 6, November 8, 1912, pp. 191–92.